What should we be teaching about the atmosphere
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11954547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B W Atkinson (Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Bruce Atkinson |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 38-44 |
| Publication date | 1978-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Geography in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-8265 • E-ISSN: 1466-1845 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03098267808708668 |
| OpenAlex | W1968811124 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
Though both meteorology and climatology are concerned to discover how the atmosphere works, the latter, especially in geography departments, is essentially a descriptive study of form, giving no fundamental insights into geophysical processes. Yet there is a growing tradition of process work in climatology, using the analytical methods of the mathematical physicist. Shunning the difficulties of such methods, geographers have begun to teach applied climatology. But such courses are, again, descriptive, and they cannot produce practitioners without providing basic meteorological training. A rigorous and quantified understanding of atmospheric processes is essential, and it demands that geographers equip themselves with expertise in mathematics, physics and instrumentation
Atmosphere (unit · Engineering ethics · Geography · Mathematics education · Meteorology · Process (computing · Sociology · Work (physics · Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations · Mechanical Engineering
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 1984 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |